Bureau-bedstead



(No Model.)

A. S. BURNHAM.

BUREAU BEDSTEAD.

No. 246,455. Patented Aug. 30,1881.

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DNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED S. BURNHAM, OF PABKERSBRG, IOWA.

BUREAU-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,455, dated August30, 1881.

ApplicationtledMay26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, ALFRED S. BURNHAM, acitizen of the United States, resident of Parkersburg, intheconntyofBntlerand State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Bureau-Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare thatthefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of alongitndinal section ofmyinvention, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ot' the same.

This invention has relation to devices for supporting bedding, and itconsists, mainly, in the construction and novel arrangement of theroller carrying the canvas or wire mattress and bedding, and the jointedframe, also attached to said canvas or wire mattress, where by thedevice may be arranged to form a part ot' a bureau, secretary, cupboard,or bookcase, or other piece of furniture of similar nprightform, ashereinaftershown and described.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates the frame or case of abureau, in connection with which I have illustrated this invention. Thelower portion of this case is made without drawers, and consists,mainly, of the sidewalls or supports, B. The front O of said lowerportion of the case is separately constructed, and is designed to t thefront bearings, a, of the case when closed up against the same. Thefront C is designed to be provided with casters, and is connected to thecase-walls B by means of the jointed and folding side rails, D. Theseside rails are designed to fold inward horizontally, and have novertical motion, so that the front C is braced and held in uprightposition thereby when it is separated from the case by the extension ofthe side rails. Latches b and keepers c serve to brace the middle jointsof theside rails when extended.

E represents a shaft or roller, which isjournaled in bearings d,arranged in the case-walls B, and a key-seat, e, is provided for theengagement of a crank-key, F, whereby the shaft or roller is turned. Aratchet, g, and pawl t are arranged at the end of the roller E, andserve as a convenient means of tightening the canvas or'wire mattress G,one end of which is attached to said roller. The other end of thismattress is attached to a bearing, k, of the fro-nt C, which, when drawnout, becomes the head or foot of the bedstead thus formed.

Hooks Z are secured to the ends of the mattress-roller, and a transversebar, a, arranged over the bed-clothes and in engagement with said hooks,serves to hold the bed-clothes and mattress together and to the rollerduring the rolling operation. Vhen the mattress and coverings are rolledup the side rails are folded beneath thc mattress, and the front O isclosed against thc rase-walls B.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s- I. The mattress roller or shaft E, having thekeysent e and attached canvas or wire-cloth mattress G, and theseparable front O, also connected to the mattress, and having side railsextending to the case A, supporting said roller or shaft, substantiallj7as specified.

2. In a bureau or other case, A, the separable front O and folding siderails, D, the rolling mattress G and roller E, the hooks l, andholding-bar n, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my nainein the presence ot' two witnesses.

ALFRED SANFORD BURNHAM.

Witnesses C. C. WOLF, BERT LAWRENCE.

